Saturday, November 20, 2010

For five years Tam Lin Neville have edited Off the Grid Press. We've published five books, two of which have won significant prizes, and all of which have received national attention. Now we are in the process of becoming a non-profit company, and we are now raising money to launch our first contest. We plan to publish two books a year by poets over sixty.

This move allows us to enter the mainstream of poetry presses, and, with the help of a strong board whose members are Lee Sharkey, Gwen Swenson, Roger Mitchell, Alex Neville, and Kevin McCrea, we anticipate a lively future.

Upcoming Readings

" Bert's book is a very fine collection of poetry. One of the best books of poetry I have read in a while. And beautifully designed to boot. Thanks to you and Ibbetson for your wisdom in publishing it."

JIM SCHLEY ( MANAGING EDITOR OF TUPELO PRESS)

"Enjoyed it tremendously... a new high point for Ibbetson Street Press"

Steerage by Bert Stern

(click on picture to order)" I am somebody's dream," writes Bert Stern, thinking of his immigrant ancestors and of his debts to them, "for what they dared and endured." Steerage settles those debts, but that isn't all it does: Stern's great gift is his ability to lighten family history by knitting it into the larger tissue of life we all have in common. From the heaviness of his history, these poems take flight." -- Lewis Hyde (Ibbetson Street Press 25 School St. Somerville, Mass. 02143) dougholder@post.harvard.edu bertstern@rcn.com $15.(p&h)